Who would you believe?

Dear editor:

Picture this:

A man in a suit strolls into the county commissioners' office and announces:

I've located a piece of prime agricultural property on the Snake River that I would like you to rezone so that I can do with it what I please regardless of the effect on the surrounding land or neighbors.

Oh by the way;

I have no money. In fact,

I'm heavily in debt.

I don't own the land.

I don't reside in your county and can't even vote there.

I don't have any experience or credentials regarding the developments suggested for the property.

My project was denied in the adjacent county for various reasons.

There will be a huge tax burden on your county for building the infrastructure for my project but I will not provide a completion guarantee.

It will be virtually impossible to rezone the property back to agricultural should the project fail to be completed.

So whaddaya say?

Gimmee a break!!!

Conrad Thomas

Hammett